Roberto Martinez has revealed Everton won’t be making a bid for Romelu Lukaku as Chelsea won’t listen to offers – for the time being.

Lukaku joined the Toffees on a season-long loan on transfer deadline day and has been an impressive figure at Goodison Park this term.

But despite speculation Everton will try to make the striker’s move permanent before the end of this month’s window, Martinez says no deal will be discussed until the summer.

‘I know Chelsea are not contemplating listening to any offers and Romelu is highly regarded there,’ Martinez told the Guardian.

‘It’s not in the agreement [to discuss a January transfer]. The agreement we have with Chelsea is that we will wait until the end of the season and as parent club they need to be the ones that give us the hint if it’s possible or not.

‘I rate Romelu as one of the best strikers in European football now. We want to keep Romelu as long as we can, but the reality is he’s on loan for the season.

‘They need to be the ones that give us the hint if it’s possible or not in the future.

‘Rom is enjoying his football. He knows he’s here until the end of the season and I don’t think it would be beneficial to anyone to go into a conversation that’s not going to change the agreement we have until May.’